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Historical Event on 10/27/1987
Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47.72, 1st-class avg 71), died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/22/1993 | V P Singh leaves Delhi on a self-imposed exile vowing not to return until the government implemented job reservation for backward classes. |
| 9/8/1947 | There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood. |
| 4/19/1996 | AIDS deleted from the list of contagious diseases in the Railway Act of 1989. |
| 11/25/1990 | R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, passed away. |
| 5/6/2000 | Benoy Krishna Chowdhury (89), veteran freedom fighter and prominent CPI(M) leader, died at a Government Hospital in Calcutta. |
| 7/24/1999 | Om Prakash Chautala is sworn in the Chief Minister of Haryana, and will seek trust vote on July 27. |
| 12/12/1964 | HJT-16, the first Indian jet trainer, made its inaugural flight. |
| 6/30/1991 | A 36-member Congress ministry led by Hiteswar Saikia assumes office in Assam. |
| 9/25/1993 | Soli Sorabji, 63, nominated as Prosecutor of the International War Crimes Court by UN Secretary General. |
| 4/15/1992 | D. T. Lakdawala, former member of Planning Commission, passed away. |
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